Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Postconsumer Plastic Waste Over Post-Use Cracking Catalysts for Producing Hydrocarbon Fuels J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2012;135(1):011701-011701-8. doi:10.1115/1.4007661 Figure Legend: Schematic diagram of a catalytic fluidized-bed reactor system: (1) feeder, (2) furnace, (3) sintered distributor, (4) fluidised catalyst, (5) reactor, (6) condenser, (7) flow meter, (8) 16-loop automated sample system, (9) gas bag, (10) GC, and (11) digital controller for three-zone furnace

Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Postconsumer Plastic Waste Over Post-Use Cracking Catalysts for Producing Hydrocarbon Fuels J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2012;135(1):011701-011701-8. doi:10.1115/1.4007661 Figure Legend: A kinetic/mechanistic reaction scheme for the degradation of postconsumer plastic waste (PE/PP/PS/PVC) over various catalysts

Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Postconsumer Plastic Waste Over Post-Use Cracking Catalysts for Producing Hydrocarbon Fuels J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2012;135(1):011701-011701-8. doi:10.1115/1.4007661 Figure Legend: Comparison of hydrocarbon yields as a function of time for the catalytic degradation of postconsumer plastic mixture (PE/PP/PS/PVC) at 390 °C over different catalysts (catalyst to plastic ratio = 30 wt. %, rate of fluidization gas = 600 ml min−1 and catalyst particle size = 125–180 μm)

Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Postconsumer Plastic Waste Over Post-Use Cracking Catalysts for Producing Hydrocarbon Fuels J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2012;135(1):011701-011701-8. doi:10.1115/1.4007661 Figure Legend: Comparison of hydrocarbon yields as a function of time at different reaction temperatures for the catalytic degradation of postconsumer polymer mixture (PE/PP/PS/PVC) over CAT-R1 catalyst (rate of fluidization gas = 600 ml min−1, catalyst to plastic ratio = 30 wt. % and catalyst particle size = 125–180 μm)

Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Postconsumer Plastic Waste Over Post-Use Cracking Catalysts for Producing Hydrocarbon Fuels J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2012;135(1):011701-011701-8. doi:10.1115/1.4007661 Figure Legend: Comparison of hydrocarbon yields as a function of time at different fluidization gas for the degradation of postconsumer polymer mixture (PE/PP/PS/PVC) over CAT-R1 catalyst (reaction temperature = 390 °C, catalyst to plastic ratio = 30 wt. % and catalyst particle size = 125–180 μm)

Date of download: 10/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Postconsumer Plastic Waste Over Post-Use Cracking Catalysts for Producing Hydrocarbon Fuels J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2012;135(1):011701-011701-8. doi:10.1115/1.4007661 Figure Legend: Comparison of calculated (m) and experimental (e) results for the degradation of postconsumer plastic mixture (PE/PP/PS/PVC) over (a) CAT-C1, (b) CAT-R1, and (c) CAT-C3 catalysts at 390 °C (catalyst particle size = 125–180 μm, fluidizing N2 rate = 600 ml min−1 and catalyst to plastic ratio = 30% wt./wt.)